Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Words to Live By #197 (and Sad News)

"The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises. Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened."

Pema Chodron

As some of you may have seen on the Charade Facebook page, on Friday my flat was broken into. Among the items stolen were my laptop, my back-up hard-drive, and my Nikon D40; in other words: my blogging kit! Hence the weekend silence.

Thousands of my photos, document after document of my creative writing, and stacks of blog-scheming are now gone forever. Whilst this is a sad loss, I'm looking to the positive of having somewhat of a 'fresh start' without being distracted or hampered by all the half-started articles I was drowning in.

Please excuse what will likely be a sporadic posting schedule over the next few weeks, and perhaps even a full-on blog hiatus whilst I plot my next steps, I'll keep you all informed!

I'm so sorry, Megan. I'm lucky enough never to have experienced something like that first-hand, but I can imagine how difficult it is. It's amazing that you are able to have such a positive outlook on the situation, even so soon after it happened-definitely the embodiment of what that quote means! Best of luck!

I'm so sorry that happened to you! I was robbed 2 years ago (the night we moved in we couldn't stay there, someone moved ALL of our packed stuff out) and it was devastating. I couldn't afford any new tech stuff like laptop, camera, etc and freaked. BUT it turned into a much needed fresh start :) I'm glad you see it that way because I didn't at first and it turns out maybe it was for the better. I got a new view and started blank. Best of luck. I hope this turns out good for you too...